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Date


Programme


Venue


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29 July 2010
    19h15

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Duet Recital
   - Concerts in the West
Programme to include works by Monteverdi, Handel, Gluck and Arne
    



Lyme Regis
England

Soprano - Katherine Manley
Harpsichord - Erik Dippenaar


 

30 July 2010
    11h15 and 19h30

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Duet Recital
   - Concerts in the West
Programme to include works by Monteverdi, Handel, Gluck and Arne
    



Hestercombe Gardens
Taunton
England

Soprano - Katherine Manley
Harpsichord - Erik Dippenaar


 

31 July 2010
    19h30

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Duet Recital
   - Concerts in the West
Programme to include works by Monteverdi, Handel, Gluck and Arne
    



Hatherleigh Community Centre
Devon
England

Soprano - Katherine Manley
Harpsichord - Erik Dippenaar


 

20, 21 August 2010
    

GF Handel
Jephtha
     Role: Hamor




St Andrew's Church, Cape Town
South Africa

Soprano - Erica Eloff
Mezzo-soprano - Sophie Harmsen
Tenor - Colin Lee
Bass - Aubrey Lodewyk
Conductor: Barry Smith
St George's Singers
Camerata Tinta Barocca




 

27 August 2010
    

Recital at St Andrews

The countertenor voice through the ages, including works by
Dowland and Purcell through to Schubert and Mahler





St Andrew's Church, Cape Town
South Africa

 

Autumn 2010

  Performance dates below

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C Monteverdi
L'incoronazione di Poppea
     Role: Ottone

Glyndebourne on Tour
England

Christiane Karg
Lucia Cirillo
Louise Poole
Manuela Bisceglie
Paolo Battaglia
helen-Jane Howells
Jean Rigby

Conducted by Jonathan Cohen
Directed by Robert Carsen

 

23, 26, 29 October 2010

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C Monteverdi
L'incoronazione di Poppea
     Role: Ottone

Glyndebourne on Tour
Glyndebourne, Lewes

 

4 November 2010
      19h15

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C Monteverdi
L'incoronazione di Poppea
     Role: Ottone

Glyndebourne on Tour
New Victoria Theatre
Woking

 

11 November 2010
      19h15

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C Monteverdi
L'incoronazione di Poppea
     Role: Ottone

Glyndebourne on Tour
Milton Keynes Theatre

 

18 November 2010
      19h15

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C Monteverdi
L'incoronazione di Poppea
     Role: Ottone

Glyndebourne on Tour
Theatre Royal, Norwich

 

25 November 2010
      19h15

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C Monteverdi
L'incoronazione di Poppea
     Role: Ottone

Glyndebourne on Tour
Theatre Royal, Plymouth

 

2 December 2010
      19h15

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C Monteverdi
L'incoronazione di Poppea
     Role: Ottone

Glyndebourne on Tour
The Regent Theatre
Stoke-on-Trent

 

18 December 2010
    

JS Bach
Weihnachts-Oratorium
    



Cadogan Hall
London

Conductor - Graham Ross





 

20, 21 February 2011
    

     

les Passions de l'Ame
Programme to be announced
  
    



Bern
Switzerland

Leader - Meret Lüthi


 

July, August 2011   
    




GF Handel
Amadigi
     Role: Amadigi





Summer festival to be announced
USA





   

 
Past performances


Opera
 

GF Handel's Tamerlano (Title role) - May 2010 - Goettingen Handel Festival, Germany. Conducted by Nicholas McGegan and directed by Johanna Garpe

Thomas Arne's Artaxerxes (Title role) - October/November 2009 - Linbury Theatre, Royal Opera, Covent Garden. A collaboration with the Classical Opera Company, conducted by Ian Page and directed by Martin Duncan

Claudio Monteverdi's L'Incoronazione di Poppea (Ottone) - July/August 2009 - Drottningholm Slottsteater, Stockholm, conducted by Mark Tatlow and directed by Johanna Garpe

Benjamin Britten's Death in Venice (The Voice of Apollo) - May/June 2009 - Opéra de Lyon, conducted by Martyn Brabbins and directed by Yoshi Oida

GF Handel's Alcina (Ruggiero) - December 2008 (Riga), February 2009 (Hong Kong) - Latvian National Opera, conducted by Andris Veismanis

GF Handel's Partenope (Arsace) - August 2008 - Les Azuriales Opera Festival , Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, France - Directed by Alessandro Talevi and conducted by Natalie Murray

GF Handel's Rinaldo (Title role) - July 2008 - Sigulda, Latvia - conducted by Andris Veismanis and directed by Jane Gingell

GF Handel's Orlando (Medoro) - June 2008 - Wigmore Hall, London - conducted by Gary Cooper, with Independent Opera at Sadler's Wells

Harrison Birtwistle's The Minotaur (Innocent 4) - April 2008 - World Premier at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Antonio Pappano and directed by Stephen Langridge

Monteverdi's Poppea (cover of Ottone) - October, November 2007 - English National Opera

GF Handel's Poro (title role) - May 2007 - London Handel Festival - conducted by Laurence Cummings, directed by Christopher Cowell

GF Handel's Xerxes (Arsamenes) - August 2006 - Edinburgh Festival Fringe - Edinburgh Symphony Baroque, directed by Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

GF Handel's Tolomeo (Alessandro) - May 2006 - London Handel Festival - conducted by Laurence Cummings, directed by James Conway


Oratorio


H Purcell's Come, Ye Sons of Art and JS Bach's Magnificat- June 2010 - Tilford Festival, England - directed by Adrian Butterfield and Laurence Cummings

JS Bach's Matthäus-Passion - April 2010 - Diocesan College, Cape Town, South Africa - Barry Smith conducting the St George's Singers and Camerata Tinta Barocca

JS Bach's B Minor Mass - March 2010 - Petersfield, England. Paul Spicer directing Southern Pro Musica Orchestra

John Blow's Venus & Adonis - February 2010 - Ghent, Belgium. Gary Cooper directing B'Rock and Stile Antico

GF Handel's Messiah - December 2009 - Cape Town, South Africa. Barry Smith directing the St George's Singers and Camerata Tinta Barocca

GF Handel's Solomon - December 2009 - Eton College Hall, Eton, England. Ralph Allwood directing the The Windsor & Eton Choral Society

GF Handel's Messiah - December 2009 - Belfast Waterfront, Belfast. Matthew Halls directing the Ulster Orchestra

GF Handel's Messiah - December 2009 - London Handel Festival, St George's, Hanover Square, London. Simon Williams directing the London Handel Orchestra and St George's Choir

GF Handel's Theodora - September 2009 - Cape Town, South Africa. Barry Smith directing the Camerata Tinta Barocca and St George's Singers

H Purcell's Ode to St Cecilia, GF Handel's Te Deum in D - August/September 2009 - Innsbruck, Utrecht and Antwerp Early Music Festivals. Timothy Brown directing B'Rock and Innsbruck Festival Chorus

GF Handel's Messiah - April 2009 - Guildford Cathedral, England. Neil Ferris directing the Brandenburg Sinfonia and Epworth Choir

GF Handel's Messiah - December 2008 - Waterford, Dublin and Galway, Ireland. Gary Cooper directing the Irish Baroque Orchestra and Resurgum

JS Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium - December 2008 - Grand Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Vladimir Jurowski conducting the Chamber Choir of the Moscow Conservatory and Russian National Orchestra

JS Bach's B Minor Mass - November 2008 - Birmingham Town Hall, Brandenburg Baroque Soloists and Birmingham Bach Choir conducted by Paul Spicer

Leonard Bernstein's Chichester Psalms - September 2008 - Opéra de Lyon - conducted by Kazushi Ono, for the opening concert of the Opéra de Lyon season

GF Handel's Judas Maccabaeus - September 2008 - Church of St Catherine, Vilnius, conducted by Steven Fox

John Blow's Venus & Adonis (Cupid) - August 2008 - Festival van Vlaanderen - Concert performance in the Concertgebouw Concertzaal, Brugge - Gary Cooper conducting B'Rock

JS Bach's Matthäus-Passion - March 2008 - St George's Church, Hanover Square, London - Laurence Cummings conducting the London Handel Orchestra

JS Bach's Johannes-Passion - March 2008 - St John's, Boxmoor - Madeleine Lovell conducting the Lea Singers and St George's Chamber Orchestra

GF Handel's Messiah - December 2007 - Verizon Hall, Philadelphia - Christopher Warren-Green conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra
GF Handel's Messiah - December 2007 - Tewkesbury Abbey and Cirencester Parish Church - Dr Donald Hunt conducting the Elgar Chorale and English Symphony Orchestra

GF Handel's Messiah - December 2007, St John's Waterloo, Murray Stewart conducting the East London Chorus and London Pro Arte Baroque

GF Handel's Messiah - December 2007 - St George's Hanover Square, London - Simon Williams conducting the London Handel Orchestra

GF Handel's Saul (David) November 2007 - St John's, Smith Square, London - Paul Spicer conducting the Whitehall Choir and Brandenburg Sinfonia

GF Handel's Belshazzar (Cyrus) - August 2007 - Frauenkirche, Dresden, conducted by Peter Kopp


Recitals


Recital at the Wigmore Hall - July 2010, including works by Dowland, Purcell, Bach, Vivaldi, Handel, Schubert, Mahler, Yamada and Britten with Laurence Cummings, Adrian Butterfield, Elizabeth Kenny, Jennifer Bullock and James Baillieu

Recital in 2010 London Handel Festival including Bach's 'Vergnuegte Ruh', Vivaldi's 'Sovvente il sole' and arias from Handel's Tamerlano - March 2010 - St George's, Hanover Square, with Ensemble Chocolat

Handel Duets recital with soprano Katherine Manely - March 2009 - St George's, Hanover Square, part of the London Handel Festival

GF Handel's Il duello amoroso and arias from Giulio Cesare - February 2009 - Croatian Baroque Ensemble, Zagreb, conducted by Laurence Cummings

Recital of Handel arias with Harry Bicket and players from The English Concert at Handel House Museum - November 2008